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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= Light Photographic Squadron 206
|image=Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 206 (USN) patch.PNG
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|caption= VFP-206 squadron patch
|dates= 1 June 1970 – 29 March 1987
|country= United States
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|branch= [[United States Navy Reserve]]
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|role= Photo-reconnaissance
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|command_structure= Inactive
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|nickname= Hawkeyes
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'''VFP-206''' was a '''Light Photographic Squadron''' of the [[United States Navy Reserve]] established on 1 June 1970. The squadron was disestablished on 29 March 1987.<ref name=Campbell>{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Douglas|title=Flight, Camera, Action! The History of U.S. Naval Aviation Photography and Photo-Reconnaissance|publisher=Syneca Research Group, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=9781304471734|page=495}}</ref>
==Operational history==
[[File:RF-8G VFP-206 landing on USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1985.JPEG|thumb|right|250px|VFP-206 [[Vought F-8 Crusader|RF-8G Crusader]] lands on {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|6}} in 1985]]
[[File:RF-8G Crusaders of VFP-206 in Monument Valley 1985.jpg|thumb|right|250px|VFP-206 RF-8Gs over [[Monument Valley]] in 1985]]
===1970's to Disestablishment===
VFP-206 would be the last US Navy unit to operate the F-8 Crusader and was the last specialized photographic reconnaissance aircraft in Navy service. The last operational RF-8G #146860, was donated to the Smithsonian Institution on 30 March 1987, the day after VFP-206 was disestablished, it is now on display at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19870074000|title=Chance-Vought RF-8U Crusader|publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|accessdate=5 January 2016}}</ref>
==Home port assignments==
[[Naval Air Facility Washington|NAF Washington]]
==Aircraft assignment==
*[[Vought F-8 Crusader|RF-8G Crusader]]
==See also==
* [[Reconnaissance aircraft]]
* [[List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons]]
* [[History of the United States Navy]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{US Navy navbox}}
{{United States Navy Aircraft Squadrons}}
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[[Category:Fleet air reconnaissance squadrons of the United States Navy]]